Associate Professor Dom Geraghty graduated with a BSc Honours degree in Pharmacology from the National University of Ireland, University College, Dublin, in 1981, and completed his PhD at Deakin University, Victoria, in 1988. He moved to the University of Tasmania in 1991, establishing himself as both a teacher and productive researcher.
Dom is a longtime member of the UTas Board of Graduate Research and Faculty of Health Science Teaching and Learning Committee, and represents the Faculty on Research Australia’s University Roundtable. He plays an active role in developing the strategic research direction of the School of Human Life Sciences and Faculty of Health Sciences, mentors many early career researchers and contributes to several career development initiatives of the University.
Research Interests
Whilst his primary research interest is the basic and clinical pharmacology of capsaicin, the active ingredient of ‘hot chilli peppers’ and related compounds, he collaborates on projects ranging from sex steroid binding globulins in fish and platypus venom to immune function in human kidney disease. Over the last 22 years, Dom has (co)authored over 50 peer-reviewed papers and ~100 national and international conference presentations. He is a member of the Australasian Society of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacologists and Toxicologists (http://www.ascept.org/), Australian Society for Medical Research (http://www.asmr.org.au/) and Australian Neuroscience Society (http://www.ans.org.au/). He has supervised 4 PhD and 10 Honours candidates to completion and currently (co)supervises 4 PhD candidates.
Past and present research funded by the NH&MRC, the University of Tasmania and other competitive funding bodies.
Research Areas:Teaching
He teaches pharmacology, physiology and/or research methods from 1st year undergraduate to postgraduate diploma level across three Faculties.
UnitsSelected Publications:- Saunders, CIM, Kunde, DA, Crawford, A, Geraghty, DP, 2007, 'Expression of transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 (TRPV1) and 2 (TRPV2) in human peripheral blood. ', Molecular Immunology, 44 (6), pgs. 1429-35
- Ahuja, KDK, Robertson, IK, Geraghty, DP, Ball, MJ, 2006, 'Effects of chili consumption on postprandial glucose, insulin and energy metabolism ', American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 84 (1), pgs. 63-69
- Geraghty, D.P. & Mazzone.S.B., 2003, 'Tachykinin receptor (NK1, NK2, NK3) binding sites in the rat caudal brain stem following neonatal capsaicin administration', Brain Res. , 979, pgs. 230-234
- Geraghty, D.P. & Mazzone, S.B. , 2002, 'Respiratory actions of vanilloid receptor agonists in the nucleus of the solitary tract: comparison of resiniferatoxin with nonpungent agents and anandamide. ', Br. J. Pharmacol. , 137, pgs. 919-927
- Mussap C.J., Geraghty, D.P. & Burcher, E., 1993, ' Invited Review: Tachykinin receptors: a radioligand binding perspective. ', J. Neurochemistry,, 60, pgs. 1987-2009
- Mazzone, S.B. & Geraghty, D.P., 2000, ' Respiratory actions of tachykinin in the nucleus of the solitary tract: effect of neonatal capsaicin pretreatment. ', Br. J. Pharmacol.,, 129, , pgs. 1132-1139
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